11.4 - Reformers in the White House

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  1. 2. 1913 constitutional amendment that gave Congress the authority to levy an income tax.
  2. 3. (last name) Entered politics in 1910 when he was elected governor of New Jersey. His reforms there brought him national attention and the Democratic presidential nomination in 1912. Served as President during WWI.
  3. 7. Wilson's program to place government controls on corporations in order to benefit small businesses.
  4. 8. political party that emerged from the Taft-Roosevelt battle that split the Republican Party in 1912.
  5. 9. Roosevelt's program of reforms to keep the wealthy and powerful from taking advantage of small business owners and the poor.
  6. 10. 1906 law that empowered the federal government to inspect meat sold across state lines and required federal inspection of meat processing plants1906 law that empowered the federal government to inspect meat sold across state lines and required federal inspection of meat processing plants1906 law that empowered the federal government to inspect meat sold across state lines and required federal inspection of meat processing plants1906 law that empowered the federal government to inspect meat sold across state lines and required federal inspection of meat processing plants
  7. 12. (last name) Urged the federal government to adopt a forest conservation policy and was later instrumental in the establishment of California's Yosemite and Sequoia national parks. Founded the Sierra Club, a conservation organization, in 1892.
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  1. 1. Roosevelt's plan to restore the government's trust-busting power
  2. 4. (last name) governor of New York before becoming vice president in 1901. Became youngest man to become president after the assassination of Millard Fillmore. Made an unsuccessful bid for a third term in 1912 as a candidate for the Progressive Party.
  3. 5. 1906 law that gave the Interstate Commerce Commission the authority to set maximum shipping rates for railroads and for ferries, toll bridges, and oil pipelines.
  4. 6. (last name) Appointed to head the US Forest Service, but was fired in 1910 after a dispute with President Taft's Secretary of the Interior. In 1912, he helped form the Progressive Party that nominated Teddy Roosevelt to run for President.
  5. 11. 1906 law that allowed federal inspection of food and medicine and banned the interstate shipment and sale of impure food and the mislabeling of food and drugs.